What is the difference between mass and weight?

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Katie Lau · Nathan L.
Oct 28, 2015

Mass is the amount of material within an object, and is independent of gravity. Weight is how much force gravity exerts on that object, which is found with

(#"weight" = overbrace("mass ")^"in kilograms" * overbrace(" gravitational acceleration")^(= 9.81color(white)(l)"m/s"^2)#)

Or

#ulbar(|stackrel(" ")(" "w = mg" ")|)#

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